ORAL HYGIENE

STATUS IN PATIENTS VISITED HAMDARD UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL

Abstract

Objective: To observe the status of oral hygiene and its association with other
factors in patients visiting Hamdard University Dental Hospital. Study Design: It was a
descriptive type of study. Place and Duration of study: The study was carried out at Hamdard
University Dental Hospital, Karachi. Total duration of this study was one year. Methodology: Non
probability purposive sampling technique was used. Total 581 patients were included in this
study, after taking consent structured questionnaire was administered to evaluate information
from all patients. Then patients were divided into three groups on the basis of their oral hygiene
status. Results: In this study 228 were males while 353 were females. In males only 6.1% patients
had good oral hygiene while 28.5% & 62.2% had fair and poor oral hygiene respectively. In
females 8.2% had good oral hygiene while 39.6% & 18.13% had fair and poor oral hygiene
respectively. Among males 88.1% use tooth brush while 3.5% use finger for teeth cleaning while
in females this ratio was 91.7% 7 3.3%. Conclusions: In males frequency of poor oral hygiene
was comparatively high which may be linked to smoking and dietary habits.